114 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. vi. 
Trachea paranica, sp. nov. 
Head and collar brownish gray. Thorax mottled olive, gray, black and white. 
Abdomen dark gray. Primaries olive green, thickly mottled with lilacine gray, all 
the veins being of the latter color ; a broad median band being most devoid of 
mottling ; the basal line black, broadly shaded with white outwardly ; the antemedial 
line black, curved between the veins and inwardly bordered with white ; the postme- 
dial crenulate, indistinct, slightly shaded outwardly with white ; the subterminal 
broad, white, and very wavy, outwardly shaded with black at the middle of the inner 
margin and above the inner angle ; a terminal row of black points ; the margin lilacine 
gray ; orbicular small, grayish ; reniform dark circled, indistinct. Secondaries whit¬ 
ish at the base, otherwise grayish black. Expanse, 35 mm. 
Habitat: Castro, Parana. 
Praina, gen. nov. 
Eyes naked. Antennae pectinated. Fore tibiae without spines ; mid tibiae with 
three terminal spines ; hind tibiae with two pairs of spines. Primaries with outer 
margin rounded ; vein 8 and 9 anastomosing to form the areole. Secondaries with 
veins 3 and 4 slightly stalked. Abdomen long, stout, conical. 
Praina radiata, sp. nov. 
Head and thorax dark velvety brown ; a pale line between antennae and poster¬ 
iorly on collar. Thorax pale buff; patagiae with a broad dark brown band. Abdo¬ 
men light brown. Primaries pale buff; a broad brown space below subcostal vein, 
and also below median vein ; the submedian shaded on either side with brown ; the 
intervenal spaces on the outer margin dark brown. Secondaries yellowish white 
with a terminal brown line. Underneath primaries and costal margin of secondaries 
brown. Expanse, 32 mm. 
Habitat: Castro, Parana. 
Leucania oriza, sp. nov. 
Primalies light pinkish gray with a slightly darker central shade from the base to 
the outer margin ; a few black scales scattered over the wing ; the median nervure 
between veins 2 and 3 faintly white, above which there is a minute black point; a 
terminal row of black points. Secondaries smoky gray, whitish at the base. Ex¬ 
panse, 30 mm. 
Habitat: Orizaba, Mexico. 
Leucania jaliscana, sp. nov. 
Head and abdomen ochreous ; collar light reddish brown with three transverse 
gray lines. Primaries light ochreous, the subcostal and median veins slightly grayish ; 
the fringe and a triangular shade on the outer margin dark reddish brown; a light 
reddish brown shade at the end of the cell, and a white spot on the median vein - t 
some antemedial clusters of dark scales below the median vein ; a postmedial row of 
black points. Secondaries white with a terminal fine brown line ; the base of the 
fringe ochreous. Expanse, 32 mm. 
Habitat: Guadalajara, Mexico. 
